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Show 4TIIE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY A1UUNING, DECEMBER 31, 1922. murmur of apecuation, and th din of It dazed him a iitt,e, and th pht. And from a cut In hia forehead tb blood wae evva. running into hia Four time the gong crashed, the end , end opening of a round, and the end and nt opening of another round. Dully he to his corner. The slpash of water In hi face d d not revive him, nor the current from the whipping towel, nor th aiap-Plof his legs. Don't let him knock you- out, Irish. Hold him. Only two more roumla Don t let him knock you out. Maher's, fierce whisper hit at his ear drums. Bo It wa as had se that, hey? Hoid on to him. kid. Dont fight him. Hold him." Th bell rang. They pushed him to s seat. Wearily ha moved toward the center of the ring. 'Took out!" someone called. The Italian had sprung from hi corner with th spring of a cat. And Irish felt surprisedly that he had been etruck with two terrific hammer on the Jaw. And as ha wondered who had hit. him his knee buckled surprisingly and ha was on hi hands and knees on tho floor. And ho heard someone say: three four . . ." Ho struggled to his feet. Gcmewhero Maher waa shouting- Tak the count, Irish." Irish dully wondered vahat ha meant. And now Chip , was in front of him. concentrated, poised. And'oncox more the hammer crashed on tha Jaw. And tha tumbled to tho boards on hid sida He waa vary dull, vary dazed. For a And then he while he knew nothing. understood; the referee was pumping his hand up and down, ajid tho roar of tho 1 Tiger. Forgan, Fleeing Convict : : : : The Lone Girl in the Mountain Shack, and What Happened on Christmas Eve : : : A Woman Without Fear table two metw warden 3 a oonvtct looked into each otliere walkout a betraying flicker of aa ad. Warden TjreU was aorely exedr the convict eorely troubled. The Ardftt apoke ftrat. 'Just why do you thiTk you are Forto be made an honor truaty, man? he a eked, fingering the Indexed on rd which were Bated the rebellioua eta that had riven Tiger'' F&rgan hia me and reputation. . didnt tell you f am entitled td he made a trusty. I naked to be made one. in neither word idbr ton wae there any hint of servility, any auggestlon of a man r conquered. The Warden studied the man before w a revealing in vain for him reeking to the thought behind the mask-lik- euniface. Suddenly he turned to the formed officer aeated behind him. did Deputy' he said, Just what part broak? Forgan take in fcmiley Connors 'With throat hia cleared The deputy the intensity of a oonaloualy righteous man who recognizee a dangerous enemy, he hated and distrusted the convict arms opposite the standing with folded Warden. Being a - Just man, however, he answered with precise truthfulness; in 'He didnt take any direct part wal the break himaelf. Warden, lie celling with femiley Connor, connore stole dynamite from the quarry, smughia gled It inside the walla and hid tt Inwhen break, cell. On th night of the inConnor hid out in the boiler-roomade stead of going to hi cell, Forgan a dummy man of blankets, dressed it in Connorss clothe and hat and held it that way up inside the cell door, and final tricked the ntghtwateh at the itselfcounto; break rorgan didnt Join the in every powibla hut he did aid Bmiley hava Tvay when a word to me would it began. before break the prevented Is It true, Forgan?1 Warden Tyreli turned back to th con vlct. Forgxn answered without Tlgtlon. -It 1 true," ho aald. You know Smiley plan and dellb-rztel- v etded him 'Why?' tho Warden demand d. The convict Involuntarily squared hia shoulders aa bo began, to Apeak. "Becaua I'm not a sneaking tattling, ha replied, his snitch. vole rising with deep feeling. ' Because Smiley wae a convict and I m one. You, Warden, are a copper, and tha deputy, 00, It's your business to nobody keep ua inside orthe wall, Itand a a cur can blame you trying. you if we can, and no one to beat ua. There either. for trying, should blame is war between your kind and my kind-w- ar, do you get .me? even though you have made thla a better prison since you came. A man who deserts hia colore in war is shot. That's what should happen and to the deputy if he- betrayed youshould helped me to escape. That a what mouth my happen to roe if I hadn't kept was shut and helped Bmlley. Connors no He you promises gave not a trusty. end owed you no loyalty. Neither do I. 60 I'll be right with my kind, end you can coppere be right wtth yours. MYou srden tear up tha trusty application, Tiger rorgan, understanding that his defiance had ended hie faint hope that turned he might be made a Hietrusty, hand was on hi he!. abrupuy on him. the door when Tyrell'e voice halted not done "Wait a moment, Forgan. ,1'ra Th con-vlsaid. warden with you yet. tha returned to the table, arm folded, each looked into two and once more the l,,8oyc?u wouldnt bet ear a friend to help your eel f, eh? queried Tyreli, still toying with hta pencil. Forgan answered Youve said it, a day, always returned the In- snapped th lat bond that held Forgan Tiger to the Royal Gorge road camp. stant hia will relaxed. with All of thla wa noted and appraised Forgan looked up at th teamster n n th by the men of the camp with varying eyes that had narrowed into which the behind from Captain of hatred eye accuracy. The superintendent. Goodwin, frowned a he watched For- bed man he had been looked hoetllely on a hostile world. gan grubbing away In gloomy alienee. With upraised hand he advanced toKeep your eye on that fellow Forward hie captor, passed him and turned h! to assistant. aald Goodwin gan," "He keeping eomelnf on hia mind he and looked hack Ae he looked, hia eyaa eudden excitement dont share with anyone. The deputyI grew wide with For God a sake. Bill, I don t klU him. warned me to watch him, the day Forgan cried, camp teamster brought him from the prison. I wish He'e th over shoulder Jnto hia captor' looking Forgan were back Inside the walls. ' Hes the best worker in the bunch, th gathering darkness. The teamaier whirled, expecting to observed the assistant. convict. Forgan "Don't let thet ford you." cautioned confront a second til fo, knocked th cun from the capta'n. "He'e smooth and cunning, iprani on tha him struck heavily and la Forgan. He wanta to lull suspicion his hand and sank to th and then bingo over the hill he goes. jaw. Tha man crumpled and aelxed revolver tha Never let him out of your eight, Jim. ground. Forgan unootierlou body to be deftly fU the not Tiger Forgan dropped hl pick and another; then he started for th water bucket with the sure there wato th river and swam Hans turned back stride of a woodsman. i.neay over ncroM, th Dane, with a furtive glance th op- half-holater h held a rrofj th time 1 c By JACK BOYLE I Creator of "TrjrMnJhjr nt m t wall-lik- lckl' ng from a rusty can erf acalding, muddy and unftaehlng coffee aa he warmed himself by a cracx-- 1 caH Tiger Forgan. 1 be. ling camp-fir- e , He Inspected tha load in j WhyY'oushould my are alone herw helpless. IB and hie revolver, tucked hia extra cartridges You knOW who shirt-frotnto went the out power absolutely. and into hi that covered him with a what I am. Not afraid? Why shouldn't mantle of invisibility before he had gone you be? "Bftcaus I know Warden Tmn. th three paces. without hesitation and An hour later, or three for no man girl anawered reckon the perfect confidence of absolute with could bllszard to that exposed of time Forgan stumbled against a fence belief. "If you were were tham sort should 1 I and, groping with number hand, found man thet a girl alone have made you a hlmaelf clasping a telephone pole. He fear, he wouldn't Tyred. I had reached the road that wound past trusty, I believe In Warden the cabin he sought. He climbed the believe In Hd honor evstero Infor men.I I believe you. fence, stumbled Into- a ditch and felt his and 0, naturally, the real you that the on hands and knee until ha found think I know you way wheel-rutThen warden truated even better than you do s in th roadway. the be turned up the grade toward th crest yourself. And so I am not Inafraid. amassetared at her of tb hill. Th cabin most be very close Tiger Forgan T now. Feeling hi way atep by step, he ment. am a I me because In believe You road. In the rounded a bend he cried, finding darkness' ,road- - camp trust v ? Faintly etched in th of e 1 am know you "Dont last. were two dim squares light the cabin peech at know they Above them, now end then, dii escaped eon? Don't-yo- and window me night with day blood-re- d spark shot Into view and ale hunting were whirled away toy the shrieking wind. order to enoot first and talk later?" snow-stor- Boston u she aald. T would Ilk to understand, for I 'would Ilka to help." For the first tlm Forgsn knew w?iy ho stayed instead of fleeing out into tha night. For tho first time his conscious mmd perceived the subconscious craving that kept him in th cabin an Insistent desire to let this girl know before he went bow and why he had com to bo Tiger Forgan. He told her. Simply, convincingly, he pictured what seven year of prison mean to a man. H put Into burning, vivid words what it means to a man to fsol his last flickering hop of fellowship with other free, men crushed out, told how stupidity Inflicted torture implanted hatred in Its stead and how, bit by bit. ho became tho hating, hated bad-ma- n of tho prison. Then cam Warden Tom Tyreli and a new regime. But n are not made In on day or unmade In many. Booffing. doubting,, suspicious. Forgsn had seen th honor system grow and expand under th guiding band of a man who behaved In men. Th tortures of th punishment cells wer abolished; tha guards clubs vanished; and men wars treated aa mea. Tiger Forgan had been slow, very slow, to believe In the reality of what he saw, even slower In seeking a truce with the world with which he had been at war; but there had com a day when even he found .hlmaalf signing an. application to be mad an honor trusty. His faint, new hope aa he signed had been so terrible In lta Intensity that be had not dared to let tt grow, for he had felt Himself beyond th pal of even th new warden's bad-me- ... up A edged his shoulder for eavesdroppers, closer .to a comrade and spoke In a whlspen Bet yuh a plug he beats It dis week, he aald. "1 eeen him measurin' de bluff Wld his eye fwicet dls mornln'. crowd. 'Nothin' doin'." answered the ether "I seen 'tm too. I hopes h makes it. "Eight comes Here As he mowed be felt tha rope, and Hee a l'fer lookin' fer an earon of Gp a pet blindly h groped for them, pulling htm-sto his feet somewhowfe About him ful." th din surbed. The referee stepped back. They bent over their- picks In sudden . Tb Ital.an waa pawing at th referee's alienee arm, protesting. Irish understood. Chip r?m, J y Tiger Forgan, refill nth quick, wanted tha fight stopped, didnt want to trust. drinking bucket, caught-t- h seta the they of mofaltered hit him any mora Ah, ha waa a good of In njavr' the glance telling Forgan tcowled. thena tled to their work, ment when Warden Tyreli had laid a kid. Chip was. wiped And than th ring slithered underneath raised a trembling habr.xnd friendly hand on hia shoulder and told gesture; brow beaded with sweat.-y- j him h wa an honor man, suddenly and him; tha hand grasping tha rope grow H went out half of rebellion, half of Sispair. Inconceivably freed from th hldeous-nes- s nfeles. 1st go; and tha lights hadn't heard their word, but there wahe of prison wall. Then had coma the for him, and Irish crashed forward on hi no need for him to guess at them a at first a paradise, then kifew. They were wondering when he And lea waa at tha back of his nsok, hell worse than th prison Itself as ths would go over the hill' cumulative eonsolouane began to force and tha lights were up. and the crowds wer It had been ao from th day of hi milling, and Chip wap ehaking hi thoughts of ascap tnto his unwilling d Denver arrival, when big, mind and malt him doubt his own loyalty hand: observed sr.d hi arm You fine fellow, Trlsb; you good.kldP Dan linked an in to tha pledge that had freed him from In th "You r aH right, too, Guinea!" that no on need ever be caught prison walla Tha fallen bridge, his swim VSall hill as long aa he had food sudden th right, Irish'" down realize and th river d d "'Gall right. Chip'" 'T ' Cooke leave tlon of wtiat he waa doing that sent him cook the behind out HKs all right. Chip Is." Irish said. told (bread) punk hurrying ashore to return Forgan h patched him 0 across th ring. tent to coht at night. Mid Dan pointIt all to tb girt who sat opposite him meat da all can a cop And guv Maher put hi dressing gowp around edly. leaning across th table, forgetful of the him, he can carry from 'da table. Luck to helped him to hi feet. A great the storm and th lonely cabin, night, v yuh, pal herself. In th grip of this revelation of burst of cheering weltered In the srarden. conth "Do HolIIngwood. A few day later a mans naked heart. you hear the hand Chip's tettlng. d vict clerk aoaky-eyedoes not seem the Danny? I'm glad of It. He's a good lad. it "Her with you, th Capand anx'oua for parole left glad they'ro cheering him. earn, Forgan said, forlorn and regretful. mHim hell!" Maher bawled. "Tbejrra 1 might have made tain' map of th hills aa If by accl; warden underth dent on the table beside which Forgan bellsv If X had let them take cheering you!" stand and The snitch The old man looked at th battered face sat reading disappointme beck to th prison,. Dont you think ment w hen he returned and found It unso? But there where no on hed either above ths btua serge suit. touched waa obvious. faith or confidence In me, I could not "Well.! he said, "It muat have been , th trend fight entirely!" At first Forgan had been able to smile believe It. I don't understand why verdict of th It wa a great fight. Irish grinned, swam down th river. I wm determined freely t th unanimity He "and a good man won." did that he would attempt an escape. end In I th not would and I go, yet confidth knew h would never betrav Meaning yourself?" what they all thought I would do. ence-he had read In Warden Tyreli "No, meaning th Guinea. wonder why? I struck down the team "So you were beat, eh?" thwerold man to h eyes when th warden laid hi hand on hiked tha lia his and took gun star, much "I never thought you his shoulder and said. h concluded, Jeered. Tm hare now, That' why That put It up to you to stick and chance without hop of ever a 'without dont know." And Irish grinned make good, Forgsn, doeen t It" making good. But gradually Tiger Forgan t assured again. th old man snapped, "did Tefl me." smile In the face of the unanimous verTh girl s aya ware wet. Th musyou bring ms the Advocate? dict faded. It died forever on th night wars of her cles throat quivering. 1 Irish handed It over. did. And . he found hlmaelf Iving awake planning When ar you going back to tell " 'T.e a wonder you remembered It. 0 minded could hope to how a man told me?' have Warden what you Tyreli And th fin the old man snarled. Royal Gorge road escape from th she asked eagerly. lacing youre afttr taking! camp. He knew absolutely he would not I can't. I couldnt get there. They grinned again. Wasnt ba go if he eould. and yet the next day would ahoot wa down before I could get a Ana Irish queer, grumpy old man! t beta sen pick blows he found himself of the prison, dozen a wlthtn miles bark cliff of the memorizing the contour wouldn't care it Isn't hard to. die, (Copyright, IKS. by Donn Byrne.) of the camp. A man would need to could hear think; but I wish th warden know that cl'ff welt to climb It In th? th truth first. But how did you know WHEN THE RULE WAS BROKEN; unthe banished dark. He reoliUy I wished myeelf back?" bidden thought that plagued' h's mind-o- nly "Mother, waa Adam made first?" asked "Because th man you ar eouldn't to find hlmse'f wonder(n, an hour else. You do wish to go? Tony. wish anything man a 'food of a sack Tee, dear." later, bow heavy Ye, yes. I do, hut" wearily Its "And then Eve?" could carrv without hampering hi fl ght too late. I'd never get through." ' "Yea" Irretrievably feet. to hor Th Jumped girl In which dav A then. In a dlatHu-slonThere followed many profound pause: "I'll take you back eafely," eh erled g voice, he cried: "Oh, mummy, I Tiger Forgan, a he fought the car In down at daydrive "Til my you wa wa alwaya ladlaa first! battle against a self that gosnrle thought it light. Youll woar mv brother to him. found hlmrClf craftily and etorm coat. No on will ever dream Exchange, 'Wouldn't betray a friend, tha warden hsteful shirt his rf bosom in tl.a food of halting or suspecting my auto. Shall '! secreting first (me, mused aloud. "Wouldn't betray the evening meal. Th I? Will you go?" eh? 1 elk at rushed from the not even to be made a trusty, this Forgan happened "Yea, X wlU," he laid: and then more and looked up Warden he moment Tyreli and tha river the to table Forgan" I wonder If you realize what gently: met the eonvlot a puazled glance wu wa unobserved dumped the packet Into my coming to thla cabin tonight has eves that suddenly lost their steely glint the awlftJ current. Tho' next time he for me, mlee. dona ol (satisfacIn a luat perceptible twinkle wilted Until after dark to dispose of it ah cried, "Brother 'I am ao glad, Well, Forgan, I believe you. aI The third time, and mar.y time there-affe- r, tion. X know Warden Tyreli well. both end hi In believe you would play square with m hidden food he kept the When you have told him what I have friend. And because I no longer found it, beard tonight, he will tell you aa I do I m bunk all tonight. He going to be your friend.a To pro'nowit, and himself from planning keep pots.bl that you have Justified th honor systrusty going to make ayou tem more fully than If you had never That pula escapes. send you out to desperate! Forgan waa clinging left tha of it up do you to suck and make good, to Tiger th memory , stronghold last his n Impulsively she bald out her hand to e Youve probably beard of this doen't It?" of th one man th handclasp friendly him. dried the Tiger Forgan stopped and kissed deputy warden,' "Warden, at on of cough syrup him and trust In making believe plan did who it reverently. "it won't do. You the lumping to bla feet, outside But have you ever used it showed him to her bom. evening th camp bride across th the wails. Wills Thomas can t let this man bridge, went down. Th him- - The door When you do, you will understand why Arkansas and room left brother's beneath two steel cables, was of her room closed, hut no key turned thousands of families, ths world over) Im the swung "That's enough, Deputy, from ths feel that they could hardly keep hous with stretched across th atresm In the lock. Tiger Forgan eat In th warden here," Tyreli interrupted was for used and send Tiger camp to the railway without it. Its simple and cheap, but darkness till ho thought her asleep. Then Tm going toWhat curt finality. m left th unacross a i more, supplies outer door, the way it takea hold of a cough will bringing he crept eoftly to tho Forgan to th A month train on bv tnto out Shake U, tho want and fre'ght platform It make barred to night. good. he's going quickly earn jt a permanent plact ia trainunloaded had been by . provla on Ho found tho open abed In which an auto your home. sida stepped close Why dont you stream? ha aald. Why dont' you hag for mreyl Forgw.M Forcsa and Captain the In men afternoon, and a waa th a rob tonneau, paw during stood. There The warden stuck out big Into pint bottle, pour 2)4 ounces of ODcoursa Z know, aha answered, calm and unflinching. Do yon know who I am? convict's limp hand. Tiger Goodwin, scenting anew In the air, orand ho wrapped himself In It. The wind Pinex ; then add plain granulated sugar caught the eupper to carry shrieked about him. The snow beat syrup to fill up tha pink Or, if desired, being stripped of his dered all hands out after Forgan. a humanmaeter the choking lump them over the river to th atorehouse mask, strove to against his faca molasses, honey, or corn One of th tre itump to which the throat, then turned away od bless her!" be whispered softly use clarified "Yes, and I am sorrv very, .very "The cabin, cried Forgan exultantly that rose ofin bis moisture at th ensyrup instead of sugar syrup. Either that dimmed his supporting cable were attached aud-- i orator In th railway station the and fell with the th It. the time For first he ashamed And Now lot to ef asleep a himself, sorry." for fir glrie and him of grub and trance to th Gorge, etrlpplngwaa In 1 don't know why you words on his lipa way, it tastes good, never spoils, and once-har- d eyea. The warden, watching, denlv snapped its roots and let csble mvn stop tne had better voice faltered. th the man who trie totrlgger-flngthi clothes, took what money eough r. and tt re&Uy doesn't left th pint of better drop Into the river Fifty be quick wtth his gives you n full eould food and for kitchen th rftnuaektd '"rhat'aTl1 Forgan," be said. Here'S bridge till current. But since you hay were catapulted into th Icy anyway. buy ready-ma- d Th remedy than you convict circled th Ymia Thomas sat opposite the 1 hojs cau- matter, hills with a week provith tnto Go road-gan- g downstruck outfit. floated with and left ar of cost. box for your you hod order times grocerle hunting its for three they offices. She Fifty ernor tn hi tho tiously like a prowling Jungle creature, with order to kill, eh shuddered and Juat concluded private and have them fit vou stream. There were shout, screams and sions on his back to the tailor-sho- p of that stormy then crept to a window and looked In. th It ishome-madreally wonderful bow quickly of the Royal wild excitement, for th river waa awift Th deputy wrdjt fqwvfd th At turned away her head. "why. I hope night, now two yearstory A women eat before an open fire. out now. You and the rest when e a post, Tiger from this conquer hy phone and called Warden Tyreli midnight and more than a little dangerous they don t get you. 1 want to help you. her feet lav a discarded book, and leanout Into a blizzard cough usually in remedy Gorge bunch will leave toon theaway 24 hours or lesa. ' from I will If I can, Mr. Tiger Forgan, ah Forgan crept secretly get the was In th middle of the hi dinner. etared good eh Into leaping were alone train. It'U seem out she and ha ing forward, because Tiger to Forgan sleep eeema to penetrat through svery air gMaway Just flam and glowing coal as If she read concluded, trving to amlle. into the open where bridge when It foil Tie etruck the water "Tiger Forgan made, a with these walla and mountain cabin. a marked there some The convict's chin dropped to hia In a remote passage, loosens a dry, hoarse or tight more perfect than guy and sank. He cam up gesping and before dark, he reported you'll live and work like a free man. story the demanded, girl roe, governor, Toll opthe Door He up aturk The to fell th breast. His revolver air th phlegm, heals ths Good-byever written Her face wae hidden from' Forgan, and remember, rjirgling a hundred feet down steam and her eyes bright and eager with the fervor rjugh, lifts a thud. with of line to awlm straight erator t the Gorge and hiked for the but and give almost immediate relevery warden laid hia hand on the convicts igan instinctively eyes, who could do man staring Forgan "Doe v a of her plea. ammunition. to he cried, 7011 , aer that hllla with a gun and ief.- Splendid for throat tickle, hoarse- shoulder ''I'm your friend and - Ive dgwnetream. her slim form suggested youth. She was me.Girl"' A that belong lib prison on our hands now. ' to you. were making an attempt got a man-hualone In Jh room. If "You ness, croup, bronchitis and bronchial proved it. Now its up Th governor smiled at her. his face his covered with He grimy cracked Into cut hia Tha Warden' aye were a bit sorrow, When Tiger Forgan had groped his way now. ho thought, he would be safe from teeth Forgan' asthma. Ths girl look down on th want me from the room. Warden Tyreli rubbed observation when he rounded th bend ful and pitying. Then they grew hard lipa For eeven years he had not felt the hands Pinex ia n highly concentrated comhim," aha cried. "Parols him trf a woman' hand or eeen a bowed,am unkemptto head compasslonataly.to "Paroletomorrow as chilled steel. touch his hands, contentedly and turned to hia Just feedora him. Could he make It? Is Christmas of genuine Norway pin extract, day. get you something tonight; pound going was around the bend No one could Ytffer on thousand dollar for him woman's smile or heard a woman's vole. eat"I He "I suppose I'll have ta In fact, and ha been used for generation lor now, then wo'U talk. the eald gen""There's an honor man," he said. "A fire seemed alone utthe The him from th camn now. Ho wouldn t end phoiis th offer to every farmer for by girl "Warm yourself do while I makd think I want to, the governor eald, sign throat and chest ailments. at least. By fifty mile. Turn cut every guard w terly unprotected. But he must know she tly. be missed for a half-horeal one, too." the coffee. ing tha papers that made a free man of To avoid disappointment ask your 'Oh. yea, there's an ho dor man, all that time he would bo hidden by more cen spare and arm them with nflea wa alone, not guesa. a 9h etlrred th fir Into a crackling In camp state. the the the whoU man th If breaks It house, wiping a atay Ho could land then, and strike 1 get him back bends K crept around right twenty-foudruggist for 2 lb ounces of Pinex with heard room. and left the Forgan r hours Then hell take straight out Into the hills. 'He'd have The honor system Is at atak in thia snow from each window and Inspecting blaze about directions, and don't accept anything All rights reserved.) (Copyright moving about the kitchen. He stared him." interjected the to trust to luck 0 find a cabin whers but hurried care he to the hllla. 1 knowblundered the room with cautious else. Guaranteed to give absolute satisftr with w'th th into hopeleaenesa Metropol! mingled arrangement living-rooby was thla (Printed were time, bUBy "You've lightcenter food "morning rtfleme Non but the he could commandeer and civilian a hundred deputy. faction or money refunded. The Pinex hatred hopefulness for the future, tan Newspaper Service, New York.) through and warden. That man bad all through, and clothes. but there would be a full night out In th hill. Every road and trail ed, but the light from it shonewere Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. two hatred for th man he had been when aa ho kept waa guarded, every avenue of eacap cut tha open door within. There as and of ahead a klllar. He'll long hjm. windows cabin the he peered through both with empty beds. Th and ho would off. Tha man-hubedroom waa on. Cut It out." growledall Tyreli. "Youdep-ve away from the phone-linsaw the girl was no your life, alto was deserted. There have little to fear even when morning been In the business A soft voice at hie elbow roused him From th shelter of an overhanging y kitchen came. By a second morning, of course, rock one In the cabin but the girl musing be- from got a lot to learn- - One to a promon-toruty but you've the bitterest moment of seven that clung precariously ia that 'you can the man-huknow , don't fire. be under would the fore way, you fully lay thing bitterness. at th creat of th ridge, Forganmiles was a telephone Forgan yearHereof sue th Near girl make any man Just about what ityou be- and th reward for his capture would watching black towels and eoan and hot specks human th outer wall beneath the water. strong bring out every man for twenty miles below himtiny felt shimlieve him to be by believing along the It aald. "And I know If youll through tramping touched the hand emerging hts saves around till y enough and proving that belief by trustdeal-in- c just once Into this mirror, you'll mering snow field that stretched e downWith eager, trembling finger, lock presuming you'reaniurn-InBy this time he waa a A week had wtrea ing him. e. That not not be angry with me for bringing In every direction. g on of thaae stream. man, with eeven ha drew out hia knife and whittled them In the them. his escape. since on Having destroyed the girl Suddenly Into the mind of Tiger For- passed (Can tlx 4 fna TnosUsg Page.) Jellyfish. I believe in Tiger Forgan. Forgan rose and took the thing th road camp he had apart. of me" gan there flashed the full realisation of days sinceto hth left summoning help, he strode to sheTiger and he's going to play square withInsisted offered. He tried to thank her. but creed of no quarter asked chanc a peremptory loud, and gavo door what he waa doing. He felt the warden's reverted th "You'll see." the deputy word com. wouldn't th had gon given. They ware seeking hta Ilf, "Hell escape and probably hand on hia shoulder and heard hi or wrathfuily. Never mind talking now, Hr. For- blgh pitch of concentration and If opportunity offered, he was ready Guk-With th dropping of the Italian, and the foostep crossed the floor The gan. kill a couple of our men before he a killed wftrds- eald. th speaking or girl straight either compunction thrown "I grdeae that put It up to you to stick, to kill without door wa unbarred at once and himself. Juat wait. Time will toll. from a heart that intuitively guessed his Italian's escape, he had reached tha high I think I underpoint of his fighting, and now must go The white tent of the Royal Gorge doesn't It. Forgan?" unspoken thoughts. rAn faced who distinguishable P"Whr, cried the In automobile, faintly cried girt road-cam- p terror, he 'Walter, covered a grassy glade just eay, and I am glad very glad you down. His punch would be heavy at 111, stand. "Theyll a mtld, vegetable laxative ta watt whit on from the convict solid "that I really tried to escape. I must get as a larger speck the tatlerad. but It would lack the terrific speed, the beyond that great cleft between turburelieve Constipation and Bitv ridge th threehold. Her first glimpse of the came. which the of shock, that carries a knockout. below, crawled along a back, quick, quick! Into looked face her speed ousneea and keep th d! festive and dumbly, Forgan granite wall through neareat Arkansas He turned toward the bank and swam across which twisted the foad th man who stepped from the darkness into reverently, worehlpfully, and turned awav And th ffct of th cumulation of blow ruminative functions Dormaj, lent, swirlingan floods of front the doorway with a sob that revealed th beg'n-ntn- g a outlet so narrow that straight for the shore. A he clambered his refuge. It was probably the Warden a the light etreamln Italian from th hi sharpshooter have bored story to telL Through the bruises on his refused. transcontinental trains barely find room up to land, dripping and shivering, a man car. Forgan scowled, and hia eyes graw proved her mistake Tiger Forgan wa The thought of not a TeassurinK eight for any woman Ups When he returned mtnut eome of the body and neck and th puffinesa of his to wind tortuously bettfeen Its cliff. For roe from behind a clump of huehe and black and troubled. but and cabin at a mountain him, troubled night, hia In a or At 'Arkansas down feet lay the confronted Forgan. alone miles up Warden Tyred alwaya grime of eeven soaplesa days, he found fee, energy was flowing out of him Ilk fifty road -In hia hand wse a revolver he thrust It from bis mind angrily, for th young girl neither screamed nor at- the girl warming a man a smoklng-JackThe camp tenfe were the only sug- fishing-polthe water from somo pierced vessel. saw hand door. He the only VK human life. buck up your hands. Forgan, the11 K recalled th touch of a friendly before the fir. left to hi face had made it tempted to bar gestion of vast stinging 1 1 In him In faca a solitude unlike and her man faith know Wala of eald. born you, prison ehe commanded word eurrriso this hands on, Put "Ita hia him In thlaTa to and and for breathe, hard' cheery she f mistook you for my brother." unllka night a hundred con kill you wire If you make a move ter a and will make you more comfort- war awollen Inaid his glove, and all of . Which must now be dead. at day unarmed Tiger Forgan dumbly obeyed. Th man said "Do come In out of this terrible able while vou own coat Is drying." proba sudden bis legs were tired. vtcts, unguarded except byantwo Resolutely Jhorgau turned toto the Have frozen. half be must a high-wa- v was You which who civilian a The table wae laid with a anowy cloth storm. him auto had were e him captured building lem before overseers, ten rounds of whirlwind fighting problem In it long" and silver and even a vase containing haInto for the pleasure and comfort of teamster employed at th camp. There right answer might o life, a wrong on you been out had foolishly put everything, gambled snow blossoms. Tha energy A guet of wind ewept through th room, hardy mountain tourists. Among the waa a standing fifty dollar reward for the tur death. H waa perfectly safe In hie civillxatlon-Jade- d and hand and brain. return of all escaped convict, th light on the table went out. gtrl seated her guest, brought In th hundred was Tiger Forgan, refuge. But a man. no matter and he sensed with a great sinking 1 wasn't making a Honest rocky "Com In quickly and ehut out th food, served him and poured hts coffee. of And CWps CbcJf e bad man of the prison how well and safely he may be hidden, and heart that Chip was drawing ahead With I wasnt, pal, Forgan cried. wind while fraught the lamp." as ha ate striving tn vain to sub- of his must sooner or later soak food a many, miles away. , him now, drawing away from him in whether or not she Then to wa takln' I No, e out of yer heavy paue.ng you suppose prison-madfood for his due just Sight On the eagerness Kurgan' was turn the famishing night not,, paild, If the room to she sat opposite him. filling his plats th contest, with th inevitablenesa of the ear. freez- was obeyed, th girl crossed for bath, eh? Get up there ahead of snow had fallen, then cam creature who hkd faced Warden evenin' winner drawing away from,, the beaten matches again and again, as she talked. mental and began feeling before. Hia muscles me an march, an we'll e Wat th cap- ing weather. If he dared leave hi the slammed man, forging ahead while the other plods Tyreli two monthsoutdoor Inside, behind to erbout It, haa topped tain trail she say the even at Introduced I Forgan -place time myself," "Il'e work night, and good hardened by dally hopelessly on. , . . Wtth th quick Th dropped Into the river." him at dawn would bo too plain for even door and dropped the bar across it. Then eald. am Thomas Wills Miss I food, wsra full and strong: hta step was pleaded bridge sida to telepathy of th ring th Italian knew her It to and he mlaa dumped live I her desperately. Forgan sprang brother guard a his Hr faca bore a lot of ua Into th water. X wae swimand penitentiary middle of th afternoon he Irish had cracked, that he wae gone. And springy and virile, vou re hunting a gun don t. that s jThoroaa If V and of came on account hta th Toward health, of sunshine fresh and tan saved by making the healthful to love now th energy he had he ming ashore to go back. I swear I waa, rose to hta feet and studied the mlaty because w have we could uae, he Si gun?" she repeated thesestayg.ortoua mountains. grown You aaw pie come ashore, pal Ha writes a his man com to him knockdown "Hunting for 1 awaen horizon with eyes alive with hope. There for was I And yet, if on observed closely, In the e t, feeling For must that ua. swrlm seen I aahore. In I and enow-storyou Sure, w both the questioning) wee northwest, a I and and a little, ' l.tt'e well not was paint all with they-arTiger seemed that score of points against mauhee. and her you couldn't find no place to land the wind was bringing It to him. deal. I am alone tenth was ahehigh walk a and ride great looked of H and up waa a Korean. He seldom spoke and never afore this. Had to swim a null half-mil- e draw. afra'd th And lamp She lighted Five miles away, breaking the skyline because he drove the wagon tnto him. never stopped and downstream before you could Not would have to fight Irish again. lajgheihia never sang, aahore, on th erset of th opposite ridre, wa at th convict without a suggeatlop of tonight get wae eut for and supplies City of Canyon with air I free, pure rilled He muat knock him out. lungs eh? Cut It out, Ita stripe and a cabin. Above It a thin column of smoke fear or aversion again there by th storm. At night In camp bread and water Forgan. ih.e greet outdoors. fer you. Yer goose is crept lazily upward. "You ar cold Ttvd muat be hungry, off whileafter Where there ws H met the futile rushes with atinglng the fugitive had finished Long from the singing, card done brown, Forfcan, sui Fm In fifty fire, there was food. Forgan memorised too." she suggested. "Lay off that wet he e pped away Inlefts. At close quarters he ripped home chatted on lightly. care-fpe- e groups that gathered bucks. Now march, an no trick or YU with gain staking minuteness each awed, co- -t and warm yourself while I make you eating, the girl In X laying, As they drew an effort to roue hit hands mercilessly. consequentially, to eat." hot and eomethlng lound the great open fires slipped away put lead through you. coffee between each each dip. gully that lay Fmack' him from the moody taciturnity of an sport he stalked hia man, to her side. The teamster spoke the truth. Even him and to Le amne in hia bunk. During the the habitation that meant food Forgan stepped c.o no woe hard matter to avoid It Smack! A woman he anld inner and crucial conflict. SHATTERS DIRT"rw , ' mg nights while the men about him the Warden, In th face of euch evidence and a new lease on liberty and Ufa Why don't you scream?" of God! a glut What Irish. Is a th woman, but half Intuition rushing for H.vd., Ltrwh. ate wi hout - , r the deep , Sold Oeaew of . healthy, slumber the teamster and ths Captain would I? snow came he meant to eat with "Why don t you beg for merry?on Why W 11a Thomas, who had been studying ton Irish waa! What he could take, and i br drum. V r.v that reach to don't you try somebody d animals. Tiger Forgan lay give, wouldn't believe him. He waa or Without bloodshed, a a fate willed. m i down. wouldn't go fcKAT 1UrtW1 sympathetic and understanding r. Th storm reached him before sundown phone? Arent you afraid? Do you know him with use drerately struggling to crush branded 'Irretrievably as a Irish dullv. Alechanicallv. stol'dly, toward across table leaned the him, r The conviction that Warden Tyrell'a, An hour after dark Tiger Forgan at1 hi who I am" T dominating thought persistent, "Tell me ad about it. Mr. Forgan. lytxed All about him now was the hoarse h OS nkifm niwM cel e'e, ih flour paste to tne last mortal and tie ban.ehed it a hundred faith In him wa or would aoon be go: m, - . -- in'-sss- -ssh! m lnvo.-untar- road-cam- r ll p, belt. fresh-bake- f 1 II suave-tongue- d, favor-curryi- , bual-nea- 'All -- ed never-endin- -- road-cam- p. road-camp- ." well-know- road-cam- r VfcK p. toer road-cam- p, It ; , to" bad-ma- n. one-tlm- 11 m o, nt Cs' frr livAi nt llmtt-lessi- half-mil- Aipighlt IJ lei enow-cover- far-aw- ay e. .lZJ st -- fflittOkl life-term- er get-awa- y. one-tim- hiding- sup-poe- m a T'TA'? icle-tire- pledge-violato- - keh th-c- v ). . ' |